Russell Westbrook Fined For Game 4 Altercation With Rudy Gobert, Won’t Be Suspended

There was some speculation that Russell Westbrook would be suspended for Game 5 of the Thunder’s first round series with the Jazz following a scuffle he got into with Rudy Gobert following a hard foul. However, the NBA has announced he’ll be fined $10,000 and retroactively assessed a technical foul — initially, Gobert and Raymond Felton got T’d up — for his role and won’t be suspended.

Russell Westbrook has been fined $10,000 and assessed a technical foul for an altercation with Rudy Gobert in Game 4. He will not face any further discipline.

It didn’t seem likely that Russ would face harsh discipline, but there was question if he was checked into the game by a ref when he got in Gobert’s face. If not, he would have been illegally on the floor when he wasn’t supposed to be, which may have made a suspension possible. The Thunder are down 3-1 in the series, which heads to OKC on Wednesday night.